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Poking a Dead Frog: Conversations with Today's Top Comedy Writers

Poking a Dead Frog: Conversations with Today's Top Comedy Writers

Mike Sacks
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A fascinating, laugh-out-loud funny look at the mysterious art of comedy, as told by legendary humorists from Amy Poehler to Mel Brooks

What makes people laugh? How do you know if a joke will ?click? with the audience? And how do you get a job as a comedy writer, anyway? In Poking a Dead Frog, top humor writers like Adam McKay , Michael Schur , and Glen Charles ?many of whom have never before been interviewed at this length, or at all?offer insight into their influences and creative processes, their self-doubt and breakthroughs, and how they managed to succeed in the mysterious, unpredictable business of comedy. Packed with behind-the-scenes stories, from a typical day in the writers? room at the Onion to why a sketch does or doesn?t make it onto Saturday Night Live, Poking a Dead Frog is a must-read for comedy buffs, writers, and pop culture junkies.
Language
English
Pages
464
Format
Kindle Edition

Poking a Dead Frog: Conversations with Today's Top Comedy Writers

Mike Sacks
0/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
A fascinating, laugh-out-loud funny look at the mysterious art of comedy, as told by legendary humorists from Amy Poehler to Mel Brooks

What makes people laugh? How do you know if a joke will ?click? with the audience? And how do you get a job as a comedy writer, anyway? In Poking a Dead Frog, top humor writers like Adam McKay , Michael Schur , and Glen Charles ?many of whom have never before been interviewed at this length, or at all?offer insight into their influences and creative processes, their self-doubt and breakthroughs, and how they managed to succeed in the mysterious, unpredictable business of comedy. Packed with behind-the-scenes stories, from a typical day in the writers? room at the Onion to why a sketch does or doesn?t make it onto Saturday Night Live, Poking a Dead Frog is a must-read for comedy buffs, writers, and pop culture junkies.
Language
English
Pages
464
Format
Kindle Edition

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